George Bradburn

George Bradburn was an American politician and Unitarian minister in Massachusetts known for his support for abolitionism and womens rights. He attended the 1840 conference on AntiSlavery in London where he made a stand against the exclusion of female delegates. In 1843 he was with Frederick Douglass on a lecture tour in Indiana when they were attacked. Lydia Maria Child wrote with regard to his work on antislavery that he had a high place among the tried and true.

Bradburn was born March 4, 1806 to James and Sarah Bradburn in Attleboro, a small town in Massachusetts. After his mother died, he was brought up by his half sister Fanny. He first took a trade as a machinist until he decided to pursue further studies at the age on nineteen. He continued his education at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. After studying with Hosea Ballou he attended the Harvard Divinity School.

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